College Football Fans Devastated To Find Out That ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ Doesn’t Start Until Next Week

College football is BACK… but ESPN’s College GameDay is not. Fans of football waited a long, long time to see gridiron glory return. Today, a slate of college games marks the official start of the football season. In the past, this week has been called “Week 0,” since not all programs get started today. But for some reason, the schedule makers have opted to drop the “Week 0” branding this year in lieu of just calling these early games “Week […] The post College Football Fans Devastated To Find Out That ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ Doesn’t Start Until Next Week first appeared on Whiskey Riff.

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College Football Fans Devastated To Find Out That ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ Doesn’t Start Until Next Week

College football is BACK… but ESPN’s College GameDay is not.

Fans of football waited a long, long time to see gridiron glory return. Today, a slate of college games marks the official start of the football season. In the past, this week has been called “Week 0,” since not all programs get started today. But for some reason, the schedule makers have opted to drop the “Week 0” branding this year in lieu of just calling these early games “Week 1.”

That’s pretty boring if you ask me.

Regardless, it’s wonderful that college football is back. Soon we’ll all be rotting away on our couches on Saturdays and Sundays, consuming an inordinate amount of calories and deleting a concerning amount of beers. It’s a tradition unlike any other, and the tradition that usually kicks off that tradition is turning on ESPN and taking in the lovely program known as College GameDay.

Traditionally hosted by Kirk Herbstreit, Rece Davis, Desmond Howard and the great Lee Corso, and recently benefiting from the addition of Nick Saban and Pat McAfee, it’s simply must-watch television on Saturday mornings in the fall. But on this opening day of the 2025 college football season, it’s nowhere to be found.

It’s as if Lee Corso uttered his famous line to all college football fans getting up this morning and looking for College GameDay on their television screens:

“NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND.”

The first game of the season is a ranked matchup between No. 22 Iowa State and No. 17 Kansas State, and it’s being played in Ireland. Last year when the first game was played in Ireland, the College GameDay crew was there. This year? They decided to not officially get started until next weekend when Texas goes on the road to play Ohio State. It’s a travesty.

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